CVE catalog
CVE-2023-3955
kubernetes: CVE-2023-3955
- Severity
- High · CVSS 8.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 4.00% · Oct 25, 2026
A security issue was discovered in Kubernetes where a user that can create pods on Windows nodes may be able to escalate to admin privileges on those nodes. Kubernetes clusters are only affected if they include Windows nodes.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | kubernetes | sid | 1.36.4+ds-1 | fixed |
| Debian | kubernetes | forky | 1.36.4+ds-1 | fixed |
| Debian | kubernetes | trixie | 1.32.3+ds-2 | fixed |
| Debian | kubernetes | bookworm | 1.20.5+really1.20.2-1.1+deb12u1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | kubernetes | source | sid | 1.20.5+really1.20.2-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | kubernetes | source | forky | 1.20.5+really1.20.2-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | kubernetes | source | trixie | 1.20.5+really1.20.2-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | kubernetes | source | bookworm | 1.20.5+really1.20.2-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
Matching against OpenFactory catalog package versions is in progress.
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/opensuse-su-2024_14599-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-3955]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-3955]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2023/cve-2023-3955.json]
- [https://wid.cert-bund.de/.well-known/csaf/white/2023/wid-sec-w-2023-2163.json]
[CERT-Bund public advisories] · [Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]